Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Meaningful Tokens

We need reminders like Scott Burns gives us. He
recently wrote an Edge Studio Voice-Over Education Blog, called: ‘An Essential
for Every VO Talent Tool Kit’. And it wasn’t about any of the studio essentials
that normally come to mind. He believes in order to better succeed in our VO
business, part of our professional VO kit should be a stack of Thank-You cards.
Yes! This was right up my alley, I thought. This is a Debby Barnes Rah-Rah! for sure.

Even at the risk of sounding old-fashioned, he goes
on to say that he’s “…found thank-you cards to be a very effective means of
marketing.” I agree, because though it appears to be more novel than ever to do
this kind of thing in the technological world we live-in today, I also think
it’s a necessary part of a successful business plan. Expressing gratitude
always is. Building virtual relationships can be quite impersonal, so a
thank-you card is an especially nice way to offer one’s personal appreciation. For
me, it’s like saying: I value you and what you do and I hope you remember how
grateful I am.

I love the example Scott gives about a talented
student who surprised him with a simple thank-you card and how he responded to
her sincere expression of gratitude. Oh, that all reactions would produce this
kind of a response!

About Me

When Debby Barnes jumped-into the Voice-Over industry, she jumped-in with years of vocal education and experience, and a hungry heart to serve clients' VO needs. (She landed IVR, Promo and Video
Narration work right out-of the gates.) She's still as hungry as ever and committed to
staying current within the industry while offering clients the professional
Voice-Over work they want, when they want it.

Clients say she has a compelling customer-friendly voice that's warm, clear
and engaging, so she believes she's got a voice you want to get to know. She's eager to say
what you want said with her rich, polished, friendly, amusing, empathetic and
trustworthy Standard Non-Regional, North American voice. And she'd be delighted to meet your need with her particular read. So if you've got something you want her to talk convincingly about, she's your gal! www.debbybarnes.com